Trippin'

I tripped over snow boots at the back door. I can't remember the last time we had our snow boots by the door and in use. We heard about the snow coming for several days from the weather man so it was much anticipated that Friday might be a snow day. The snow was later predicted to come in around 1:00pm so we had school. The snow did start around one and by three o'clock we had a nice covering. The kids were already hyped up with Valentine candy and the talk of "Snowstorm 2010". Everyone was hoping the snow wouldn't stop until after the end of the school day so we could at least catch a few flakes. Around 3:00pm, (school day ends at 4:00)the fire alarm went off. My first thought was, "I wonder if the kid who pulled the fire alarm knows there are video cameras everywhere". I stayed behind for a minute to make sure the library was empty and headed outside. By then,there was pandemonium. Kids were laughing and screaming and snowball throwing. Turns out no one pulled the alarm--there was a malfunction and there couldn't have been a better day for that to happen.
I got home and immediately went in and put on my twice worn snow boots and ran out the front door just like a kid. Jeff and I took a walk and brought the dogs out for a good romp in the snow. Gage was a little freaked out and kept eating the snow. Maggie was oblivious to it. We ended up getting around 3 inches. The next morning the sun was shining and it really was a winter wonderland. It didn't take long for the snow to start melting and today (Sunday) it's almost all gone. Every time I had to take the dogs out, I did have to pull the ol' snow boots on. I have to say that got old pretty quickly and I was was starting to fuss about it a little so I'm glad this is a once a year or so thing. Sorry Indiana-I can't imagine how sick of the winter weather you must be. I got my snow fix and I'm ready for spring. I had planned on putting the snow boots away this evening but just heard we may have one more blast of winter weather in the morning. I guess I'll be trippin' a little bit longer.